Lace fastener



J. F. PARADIS.

LACE FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, I922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

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IN VEN TOR i atented Sept. 5, 1922.

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JOSEPH FRANCOIS PARADIS, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGN'OR OF ONE-HALF TO RENE CHIQUETTE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

LACE FASTENEB.

Application filed April 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'Josnrir FRANooIs Pnrnxnrs, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and residing at the city of Montreal, in the Provinceof Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and usefulLace Fastener, of which the following is the specification.-

The invention relates to a lace fastener as described in the presentspecification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that formpart of the same.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of constructionpointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty followinga description in detail of the preferred form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are primarily to avoid the inconvenienceand annoyance caused by the undoing of the tie in boot and shoe laces,to facilitate the fastening of the shoe laces, and generally to providea simple fastening that is particularly suitable for shoe laces thoughapplicable to any fastening in which laces or cords are used.

view of a shoe having the fastener applied thereto.

Figure 9, is a detail showinga plan view of the clamp hook fastenerenlarged.

Figure 3 is a detail showing a side elevation of the clamp hook.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the variousfigures.

Referring to the drawings, the hooks 1 are mounted on the uppers 2 and 3respectively of the shoe, each hook having the widely spread eye pieces4: and 5 by means of which 1922. Serial No. 550,174.

it is firmly sewed to the leather of the shoe,

and the clamping hook 6 depressed at .7 be

and eye pieces t and 5, where the lacegis squeezed but not damaged tothe extent of being cut or torn.

' In the use of the fastener the shoe is laced in the ordinary mannerand at the cop one crossed lace being inserted in the hook 1 and theother in the hook 2, where they are held until released, therebyobviating the necessityof tying the laces together as is customarilydene in fastening shoe laces.

This may be applied to corsets or other garments having lace fastenersand in making is preferably formed from a length of wire, which is bentinto shape terminating in the eye pieces 4 and 5 for securing it to theshoe or garment. In the drawings, Figure'l 1s a perspective What I claimis:

A lace fastener comprising a hook having widely spread eye barsconverging to a cen tral hook, the latter forming a lace fastening loopwith said eye bars at the point of convergence of slightly lessdimensions than a lace and extending on the same plane as the outersurface of said eye bars and outturned at the point. o

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 23 day of March, 1922.

' aosnrn FRANCOIS PARADIS.

